diy projects
Penn State’s Paint-On Electronic Tattoos Read ECG, EEG and EMG
Penn State's brush-on conductive ink turns bare skin into a washable electrode that records ECG, EEG and EMG, and even drove a robotic hand.
diy projects
Thread-Based Circuits Sew Health Monitoring Into Your Clothes
Tufts researchers built full analog circuits on a single gold-coated thread that senses breathing and blinking. Here is how to try sewable electronics yourself.
arduino
Meet Pinch: A 32-Bit Arduino Board Smaller Than a Fingernail
The Moddo Pinch is a 32-bit Arduino-compatible dev board just 10.5 x 10.9 mm, packing a SAM D11, 15 GPIO pins, and an RGB…
diy projects
Weekend Build: A DIY SteamVR AR Headset on an ATmega32u4 PCB
Maker Manolo's Sideloader 3.3 packs SteamVR head tracking into a wearable AR headset built on a bare ATmega32u4 chip and a custom PCB, no…
robotics
Magnetic FMG Sensors and AI Give Prosthetic Hands Precise Control
Florida Atlantic University swapped noisy EMG for magnetic force myography sensors and a per-user AI model to give prosthetic hands far steadier control.
diy projects
RP2040 Wristwatch Tells Time With a Vintage VU Meter Needle
Meet the one-needle wristwatch that pairs a vintage VU meter with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 to show time, date, and day across printed analog…
wearables
Pimoroni RP2350 Badgeware: Smart Wearable Badges for Makers
Pimoroni's RP2350 Badgeware turns conference badges into smart programmable wearables - e-paper, buttons, RGB LEDs, and a hackable Pi-grade core.